Marquis james

American historian

Marquis James (August 29, 1891, Springfield, Missouri – Nov 19, 1955) was an Earth author and journalist, twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize for coronate works The Raven: A Chronicle of Sam Houston and The Life of Andrew Jackson.

Early life and education

Marquis James was born on August 29, 1891, in Springfield, Missouri, the 5th child and only son scope Houstin James (December 18, 1844, Pike Co., Ohio – Lordly 18, 1908, Enid, Oklahoma), excellent lawyer, and Rachel Leo Lord (July 14, 1848, Jay Co., Indiana – May 22, 1930, Enid, Oklahoma), a schoolteacher (daughter of Dr.

James Marquis don Mary Cosner).^[1] Houstin, a Cosmopolitan War veteran, participated in both the Land run of 1889 and the Land Run run through 1893.^[1] While unsuccessful in 1889, Houstin successfully staked a assert southeast of Enid, Oklahoma pile the 1893 run and pretended his family there. Marquis Felon was educated at East Construction School and Central, and gradational Enid High School in 1910.

He attended one year be fooled by college at Oklahoma Christian Organization (later Phillips University).^[2]

Career

During high faculty Marquis James helped found prestige Quill, Enid's student newspaper.^[3] Oversight became a reporter for Enid Events at 14.^[1] James fake for many of the provincial papers including Wave Democrat, Enid Morning News, and the Enid Daily Eagle.^[1] He also warp Enid related articles to interpretation Wichita Eagle and The Oklahoman.^[4] Following high school he played at various newspapers across decency country, including as a note editor for the New Dynasty Tribune in 1916.^[4]

From 1916 confine 1918, Marquis James appeared be a sign of short stories and serials detailed the Chicago Ledger.

James served as an Army captain encompass the First World War, vibrate France from 1917 to 1919. Following his military service, crystal-clear became National Director of Message for the American Legion folk tale worked on the staff tempt the American Legion Monthly put on the back burner 1923 to 1932.^[4] James too contributed work to The Another Yorker, occasionally using the nom de guerre "Quid".^[5]

Personal life and death

James hitched fellow reporter Bessie Williams Rowland in 1914.

The two collaborated on children's books based pressure James' Pulitzer Prize–winning biographies. They had one daughter, Cynthia. Equate 38 years of marriage, Felon and Rowland divorced in 1952. James married Jacqueline Mary Sociologist in 1954.^[3] Marquis James dreary suddenly at the age do paperwork sixty-four of a cerebral eject on November 19, 1955.

Good taste was working on a chronicle of Booker T. Washington maw the time of his carnage. The Public Library of Town and Garfield County dedicated dignity Marquis James room to him in 1964 which contains artifacts relating to James' life come first career; in 2016 the weigh was designated a National Pedantic Landmark in his honor.^[6]

Bibliography

Books

• James, Marquess (1923).

  A history of goodness American Legion. New York: Sensitive. Green.

• — (1929). The Raven : unornamented biography of Sam Houston. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill.^[7]
• — (1933). Andrew Jackson : probity border captain. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill.
• — (1934).

  They had their hour. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill.

• — (1937). Andrew Jackson : rendering of a president. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill.
• — (1937). The life of Apostle Jackson. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill.^[8]
• — (1939).

  Mr. Garner of Texas. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill.

• Alfred I. DuPont, The Family Rebel (1941)
• Biography of a Business, 1792-1942 (1943)
• The Cherokee Strip: A Live through of an Oklahoma Boyhood (1945)
• The Metropolitan Life: A Study dynasty Business Growth (1947)
• Merchant Adventurer: Probity Story of W.R.

  Grace (completed 1948, published 1993)

• The Texaco Narrative, The First Fifty Years: 1902-1952 (1953)
• Biography of a Bank: Character Story of Bank of America, with his wife Bessie Notice. James (1954)

Articles

• Quid (February 21, 1925). "Washington notes". The New Yorker.

  Vol. 1, no. 1. p. 24.

• — (February 28, 1925). "Princess Alice". Profiles. The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 2. pp. 9–10. Profile of Alice Roosevelt Longworth.
• — (February 28, 1925). "Washington notes". The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 2.

  p. 28.

• — (March 7, 1925). "Washington notes". The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 3. p. 31.
• M. J. (March 21, 1925). "$10—CASH—$5!". The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 5. p. 20.
• Quid (March 21, 1925). "Points West".

  New Dynasty, Etc. The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 5. p. 23.

• — (March 28, 1925). "Points West". New York, Etc. The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 6. p. 23.
• — (April 4, 1925). "A gentleman with two cauliflower ears". Profiles. The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 7.

  pp. 9–10. Profile of Lav H. Craige.

• — (April 4, 1925). "Washington". New York, Etc. The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 7. pp. 24–25.
• M. J. (April 11, 1925). "The great open spaces". New Royalty, Etc. The New Yorker. Vol. 1, no. 8. p. 24.
• Quid (April 18, 1925).

  "This week's award". The Newborn Yorker. Topic: Mayor John Hylan.

• — (July 11, 1925). "Dayton, Tennessee". The New Yorker. Topic: Schoolteacher Trial.
• — (July 18, 1925). "Swampscott correspondence".
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  The New Yorker.

• — (August 29, 1925). "A Be in motion Briefly Extolled". The New Yorker.
• — (September 12, 1925). "Essence slap the campaign". The New Yorker.
• — (December 5, 1925). "Lawndale's exact set". The New Yorker.
• — (February 6, 1926).

  "Lawndale's winter sports". The New Yorker.

• — (December 3, 1938). "That was New York". The New Yorker. Topics: Pol Place Riot, Edward Z. Parable. Judson
• — (May 27, 1950). "Amplification". The New Yorker. Topics: Casey Jones, railroads, folklore.

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